diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/AbstractSharedClusterTest.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/AbstractSharedClusterTest.java
index f6406cecf9c..b7294b89184 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/AbstractSharedClusterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/AbstractSharedClusterTest.java
@@ -18,18 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.test.integration;
 
-import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
-import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertNoFailures;
-import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
-
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterators;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Set;
-
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.create.CreateIndexRequestBuilder;
@@ -55,8 +46,15 @@ import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterators;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
+import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertNoFailures;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
 /**
  * This abstract base testcase reuses a cluster instance internally and might
@@ -317,7 +315,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSharedClusterTest extends ElasticsearchTestCase {
     }
     
     protected boolean indexExists(String index) {
-        IndicesExistsResponse actionGet = client().admin().indices().prepareExists("test1234565").execute().actionGet();
+        IndicesExistsResponse actionGet = client().admin().indices().prepareExists(index).execute().actionGet();
         return actionGet.isExists();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/document/DocumentActionsTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/document/DocumentActionsTests.java
index a8f68840c5a..8f9d26e99d1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/document/DocumentActionsTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/document/DocumentActionsTests.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.test.integration.document;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.cache.clear.ClearIndicesCacheResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.exists.indices.IndicesExistsResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.flush.FlushResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.optimize.OptimizeResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.refresh.RefreshResponse;
@@ -35,11 +34,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.BroadcastOperationThreading;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.ReplicationType;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Unicode;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ImmutableSettings;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
-
 import org.elasticsearch.test.integration.AbstractSharedClusterTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
@@ -99,7 +95,7 @@ public class DocumentActionsTests extends AbstractSharedClusterTest {
         assertThat(refreshResponse.getSuccessfulShards(), equalTo(10));
         
         logger.info("--> index exists?");
-        assertThat(indexExists(getConcreteIndexName()), equalTo(false));
+        assertThat(indexExists(getConcreteIndexName()), equalTo(true));
         logger.info("--> index exists?, fake index");
         assertThat(indexExists("test1234565"), equalTo(false));